Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-07-15

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Succession bill passed receas, s
Dutch Chamber Of DepntIs.
but the life Of gin lsss ,h. ny
years OF ago stands betwees !,
and inclusion in the fs.le,s,,..sa s
which Bismarck has created
contingency contemplated the n !
lowlands would revert. after Z
pendent existence OF about NJ =
turtles, TO relations analogous , !, \ ASS
which they formerly sustain,a ]. y U.
holy Roman Empire. In secn S 81
real dignity Holland would ~ M
ing by the change, for since M Il u
revolution she has been indah. IN 81
autonomy less to her inheren,
than to the jealousies Of n,
neighbors. Thenceforth she w..|s 81
guaranteed against foreign enss. 3
| ments--the German OF tLs
Deutsch district is a brother, not !. z
eigner--while she would retain !,
same time the large measure 4 ~
self-government enjoyed by b.
and Saxony. What Bismarck =
gain by the transaction Ii ols
enough, since the acquisition d NJ
lands maritime resources and III n
dian dependencies would at once n /
form the German Empire into 4
naval and colonial power, besides Ne
ing the prospect Of large ultimalt II
cessions through the Dutchrspe,y
people in South Africa. Ii Cefm.s
ever to dispute with England the =
ter of the seas, the absorption d
Low Countries is an indispensable 4
requisite.
So far rs the Grand Duchy q Il
emhurg is concerned which, il VIII
remembered. has not n Legislative
only a dynastic connection With
land Arrangements were made !;
eral years ago for its transfer, OH
death Of King William H.. to Da
Adolphus. Of Nassau, who was 4
Sadowa dispossessed OF his inhefs
dominions. The same Prince, as
representative of the elder line ok
sau, had put forward claim als
succession in the Low Countries, vi
would have been acknowledged Vi
had the Salic rule prevailed. Blu
course there was no bar in Hollan
inheritance through females. sine
was through daughter OF Charlie
Bold that the Dutch provinces /
four centuries ago passed to theh
of Austria. Every one of the pos
heirs designated in the present 81
/, sion bill is either y female or ID
title from female. Thus. in ca
the death OF the young Princess
helmina, the first IN order OF 81
: sion will be the Kings sister s.
married to the Grand Duke Of
Weimar-Eisenach. 1t is notew'
: however, that according to the b
: Grand Duchess can not transmit
= children her rights over Holland,
pass, on the contrary, to the de
ants of the Dutch Princess Mar
: daughter of King William l., and
. ried more than half a century az
: Prince of Prussia. As the latter
~ the present Prince Albert of P
has three boys, it will be seen IL
:. Low Countries are unlikely to
- the house of Hohenzollern. tt
= no reason to suppose that the /
y tons taken by the Successio
l. against the failure of Prussiar
y will be called in play. and we ne
. therefore, refer to them in detail
= The hopes founde ON these
=. ions may, no doub., be dashed
: child Princess Wilhelmina should
i, up and marry member of some
opposed in interest to the Hob
= lerns. But measures will proba
taken to bring about p union Wi
OF her Prussian kinsmen, three of
! are nearly of her own age. Sc
indeed. in recent times has
alliance been frauJht with DO
consequences so important as
which from a German point OF
might follow the marriage of the
! girl, who, if she lives, will reigr
four millions Of subjects in Europ
;. thirty millions in the East Indie:
Y. SIN.